sandhya vandanam mantras

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I am glad lakshmi narayan brought this issue of sandhya vandanam.

I am sure there are some books which explain in simple words the meaning

of those manthras. In fact I have a few books on the meaning of sandhya

vandana mantras.

 

Unfortunately most of them are not in english. One good excercise will be

to translate or atleast summarize the main meanings of those books in

english.

 

I am sure the book suggested by Vishwanath should be a good simple to read

book( though I havent read it!)

 

For those deeply interested ones and those who know how to read kannada!

I can suggest a couple of books ( I will do it in my next mail)

since they are at home.

 

My grandfather has written a "Very deep" book : 1 on pranayama alone

and the other on sandhyavandana mantras. both of these are excellent but

definitely "sleeping tablets" for the not so interested!! If anyone

needs these books email me your surface mail address. I will be glad to

mail copies of these two books to you.

 

For those who are interested to learn the detailed methodology of

sandhya vandana - "yajur sandhya" only. the book written by the

45th Azagia singar - "Aanhika grantha" is EXCELLENT. In fact it even

discusses the controversy of two forms of gayathri manthra in great depth.

but the catch is it is in sanskrit and Tamil. If anyone is interested in

this invaluable grantha, I will order copies of them and try to ship them

to US. I have one copy with me. To be honest with you, this book is a

wonderful authority on all the nithya karmas - including Bhagawad aradhana

krama, bramha yajna, aupasana, japa vidhi, different forms of japas

specially prescribed for only women. etc. This book derives largely

from a grantha of Ramanuja - "Nithya Grantha" incidentally, I happened to

have some how gained one copy of nitya grantha with english annotation

written by D.T. Tatacharya - a great scholar.

 

I seriously point out that sandhyavandana is not a "do it if you can"

type of karma. This is a must. To know more one should read books or preferably

resort to a guru and learn details from that person.

 

There are statements in dharma sasthras :

 

Sandhya viheeno ashuchihi ...... which means one becomes "polluted"

religiously, if one does not do sandhyavandana daily. One becomes

unqualified to do any religious karma if one does not do sandhya vandana.

 

so if one wants to erase bad karmas ......you know what

 

One dharma sastra goes to the extent of saying " if one does not do

bhagawad aradhana daily.......the person will be born among

pigs!.......Serious... This is a direct translation of the verse from

dharma sastra.. If possible one should do atleast a 10 minute version

of bhagawad aradhana according to our scriptures. Believe me I have been

doing this aradhana for atleast 3-4 years on a 90% success rate and

sandhyavandana on a close to 100% success for the past 23 years.... I gain

immense peace of mind and unbelievable spiritual experiences. These daily

activities give a sort of a powerful insensitivity to troubles of life.

So finally I can say, it gives immense pleasure....

 

So do sandhyavandana, Bhagawad Aradhana and have fun!!

 

 

Krishna